🚨 Ethereum’s Forgotten 2018 Moment That Almost Changed EVERYTHING! 🔥
Back in 2018, Ethereum was standing at a crossroads that could have rewritten crypto history forever.
The proposal was called ProgPoW.
Miners LOVED it. ❤️
- Proof of Work would have lived much longer
- Bigger mining rewards for years
- Way more control in their hands
But Vitalik Buterin? He straight up rejected it.
Miners had HUGE influence back then.
If ProgPoW had passed, the move to Proof of Stake could’ve been delayed for years.
Ethereum was still printing 4–5% inflation every year millions of new ETH flooding the market.
Vitalik went full opposite direction.
He supported the Difficulty Bomb and kept massive pressure on The Merge.
Everyone called him paranoid.
Some said he was ignoring the miners completely.
ProgPoW never happened.
Ethereum stayed locked on the PoS roadmap.
Then came 2022 THE MERGE finally landed.
Mining died overnight.
Issuance collapsed.
Inflation? Almost zero. 📉
If Ethereum had stayed on Proof of Work?
We’d still have high inflation + constant heavy sell pressure from miners.
But fast-forward to 2026 Ethereum is holding hundreds of billions in market value.
One decision changed the entire game.
Vitalik’s vision won.
We were literally THAT close to everything going the other way.
What do you think?
If ProgPoW had passed… where would ETH be sitting today? 👇
Drop your thoughts below let’s talk!
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